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mandamus petitioner must establish that he has no other adequate means to obtain the
requested relief, and that he has a clear and indisputable right to issuance of the writ.
Madden v. Myers, 102 F.3d 74, 79 (3d Cir. 1996).
As a general rule, the manner in which a court disposes of cases on its docket is
within its discretion. In re Fine Paper Antitrust Litig., 685 F.2d 810, 817 (3d Cir. 1982).
Indeed, given the discretionary nature of docket management, there can be no clear and
indisputable right to have the district court handle a case on its docket in a certain
manner. See Allied Chem. Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc., 449 U.S. 33, 36 (1980). Nonetheless,
mandamus may be warranted where a district courts delay is tantamount to a failure to
exercise jurisdiction. Madden, 102 F.3d at 79.
Young filed his 2255 motion on November 15, 2010. Thereafter, the
Government requested, and was granted, an extension to file a response by March 2011.
On March 3, 2011, the Government filed a response to Youngs 2255 motion.
On September 22, 2011, Young filed a mandamus petition in this Court seeking an
order compelling the District Court to rule on his 2255 motion. On October 12, 2011,
we issued a decision denying the petition without prejudice to Youngs filing a second
such petition in the event that the District Court did not rule on his motion within a
reasonable time from the date of judgment. See In re Young, 2011 WL 4824162 (3d Cir.
2011). A mere three weeks later, Young filed the instant petition again asking us to issue
an order compelling the District Court to rule on his 2255 motion.
As we stated in our previous decision, although the delay in this case is not
insignificant and raises some concern, see Madden, 102 F.3d at 79, we do not believe that
the delay is so lengthy as to justify our intervention at this time. We remain confident
that the District Court will rule on Youngs motion in due course.
For these reasons, we will deny Youngs mandamus petition. Our denial is
without prejudice to Youngs filing another petition in the event that the District Court
does not take action within ninety (90) days from the date of this judgment. Youngs
motion to expedite this matter is denied.